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20VC Assertion Contradicted
Arora: Compute costs have increased 2x to 4x over two years
“If I abstract, if I step back today there's not enough compute for what the world is demanding. Unequivocally not enough compute, right? You can't buy compute. Compute is costing two to three X or four X more than it used to cost two years ago. There's not eno…”
Nikesh Arora Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 19:40 Nikesh Arora on the Frontier Model Problem: Breadth vs Depth | The Future of Token Costs · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
WTF Assertion Contradicted
Arora: Every major AI model outside China is in the Bay Area
“Every AI model that is being built with a reason, except perhaps in China, is headquartered here.”
Nikesh Arora Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 42:24 From Ghaziabad to Silicon Valley: Nikhil Kamath x Nikesh Arora | People by WTF | Ep. 11 · Nikhil Kamath
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Arora: 89% of cyber attacks occur because credentials get stolen
“89% of the attacks happen because credentials get stolen.”
Nikesh Arora Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 12:11 Palo Alto Networks CEO: "AI Found 5 Years of Bugs in 6 Weeks"
WTF Assertion Contradicted
Arora: Cyberattack took down Ukraine's logistics systems at war's onset
“And the first thing that happened in the Russia-Ukraine conflict was the entire logistics systems of Ukraine was taken down by hackers because that was the way they could sort of destabilize and immobilize the army of Ukraine. It wasn't a bomb that landed. It …”
Nikesh Arora Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 7:42 From Ghaziabad to Silicon Valley: Nikhil Kamath x Nikesh Arora | People by WTF | Ep. 11 · Nikhil Kamath
WTF Prediction Didn’t hold up
Arora: Quantum computing will break every modern encryption key
“When quantum comes about, it'll break every key, which is true. It will break every key that is there today.”
Nikesh Arora Jun 28, 2025 ▶ 10:41 From Ghaziabad to Silicon Valley: Nikhil Kamath x Nikesh Arora | People by WTF | Ep. 11 · Nikhil Kamath
SOURCERY Assertion Contradicted
Palo Alto Networks Acquired Over 40 Companies in Eight Years
“We bought four D-plus companies in the last eight years”
Nikesh Arora Aug 17, 2026 ▶ 16:50 Nikesh Arora: $300B, 40 Acquisitions, Still Paranoid
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Arora: $2B paid in ransomware payments over past 12 months
“There's about two billion dollars that's been paid in the last 12 months on ransomware.”
Nikesh Arora Sep 23, 2024 ▶ 23:08 Nikesh Arora | All-In Summit 2024
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Arora: Masayoshi Son was the world's richest man for over 80 days
“He was the richest man in the world for eighties, 80 plus days.”
Nikesh Arora May 20, 2024 ▶ 15:33 Nikesh Arora: Lessons from $102BN Market Cap & How to Create & Sustain Competitive Advantage | E1155 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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